News & Business Issues

Congratulations Erin & Ford Andrews, Sideboard Lafayette!

Employers with 50 or more full-time employees in the Bay Area are required to register and annually update their enrollment in the Bay Area Commuter Benefits Program to comply with Regulation 14, Rule 1. Registration is free at 511.org, with multiple commuter benefit options available—including pre-tax transit, subsidies, shuttles, telework, or custom plans promoting alternatives to driving alone.

The Sales Tax Rate in Lafayette will Increase on April 1.   Here’s what business owners/managers need to know:   Starting April 1, 2025, businesses in Lafayette will need to start collecting the new ½₵ transactions (sales) and use tax on taxable items. Look...

Ann Appert is Lafayette’s 74th Citizen of the Year recognized for her many years of service to our community.

The 2025 Lafayette Business Person of the Year is … Nick Bozych, Managing Director of the Lafayette Park Hotel & Spa

To identify parking management strategies that achieve an efficient balance between parking supply and demand.

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Cal/OSHA has published a model Workplace Violence Prevention Plan for general industry employers, and other resources.

City of Lafayette’s Shop Local Lafayette eCard Program

A dinner will be held in Tom Stack’s honor on Friday, February 3 at the Lafayette Park Hotel & Spa. The evening will also include the State of City Address by City of Lafayette Mayor Carl Anduri and the introduction of the Lafayette Chamber’s 2023 Board of Directors.

Congratulations 2022 Diablo magazine’s Best of the East Bay Winners!

And the fourth Lafayette Chamber Ann Denny Memorial Award goes to … [Former] City of Lafayette Mayor Mike Anderson.

Can our small local businesses outlast the virus? The answer is really up to all of us.